Cheapest€11.18
- FlixBus FB819010:182h 44m13:02Basel Meret OppenheimGeneve Place Dorciere
Door to door 3h 28mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Basel to Geneva bus
Buses from Basel to Geneva start at €12.83 and take 3h 16m at their fastest.
The Buses from Basel to Geneva starts at €12.83 and takes 3h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 186 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 16mDoor to door
- 2h 32mMoving
- €12.83From
- 5.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 30 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €11.18 | 3h 14m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Basel to Geneva
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.2890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €11.1845 days
- €10.6330 days
- €11.1821 days
- €12.8314 days
- €17.787 days
- €25.483 days
- €31.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 197 percent. The dearest point is €31.53, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €14.48Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €13.93Tue
- €12.83Wed
- €16.13Thu
- €15.58Fri
- €17.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Basel
Coach
- Basel Meret Oppenheim
- Dornach Bahnhof
Geneva
Coach
- Geneve Place Dorciere
- Geneva Bus Station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 186 km against 186 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Biel/Bienne, Lausanne. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Basel at 06:31 and the last at 18:44, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 4m | 1h 20m | 44m | €25.09 | 6.1 kg | 14 |
| Coach | 3h 16m | 2h 32m | 44m | €12.83 | 5.0 kg | 4 |
| Flight | 3h 50m | 40m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 47.0 kg | 6 |
Questions about Basel to Geneva
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Basel to Geneva take?
The Coach from Basel to Geneva takes 3h 16m door to door, of which 2h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 186 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Basel to Geneva cost?
The Coach from Basel to Geneva starts at €12.83 for one passenger, checked on 30 September 2026. A typical fare is €14.21. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Basel to Geneva?
1 operators run the Coach from Basel to Geneva: FlixBus. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Basel to Geneva use?
The Coach from Basel to Geneva leaves from Basel Meret Oppenheim and arrives at Geneve Place Dorciere. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Basel to Geneva?
Travelling from Basel to Geneva by Train costs €25.09 and takes 2h 4m door to door, against 3h 16m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Basel to Geneva?
Fares for the Coach from Basel to Geneva bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on 30 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Basel to Geneva produce?
The Coach from Basel to Geneva produces about 5.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 186 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Basel to Geneva?
Operators on the Coach from Basel to Geneva publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 16m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Basel to Geneva on 9 September 2026: 186 km of route against 186 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 3h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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